Paulinellidae

Paulinellidae
Paulinella chromatophora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Class:	Imbricatea
Order:	Euglyphida
Family:	Paulinellidae de Saedeleer 1934
Genera [1]
Micropyxidiella Ovulinata Paulinella

Paulinellidae is a family of testate amoebae in the order Euglyphida. ^[2] They are found mostly in marine habitats, but also occur in freshwater or in soil. ^[1]

Members of the family are single-celled organisms with filose pseudopods, surrounded in a shell (called a test) made of siliceous or organic scales. The test is pyriform in shape, and scales (when present) are long with the length perpendicular to the aperture. ^[2]

References

1. Tarnawski, Sonia-Estelle; Lara, Enrique (2015). "From Environmental Sequences to Morphology: Observation and Characterisation of a Paulinellid Testate Amoeba (Micropyxidiella edaphonis gen. nov. sp. nov. Euglyphida, Paulinellidae) from Soil using Fluorescent in situ Hybridization". Protist. 166 (2): 264–270. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2015.04.002. PMID   25935762.
2. Adl, S. M.; Simpson, A. G. B.; Lane, C. E.; Lukeš, J.; Bass, D.; Bowser, S. S.; et al. (December 2015). "The revised classification of eukaryotes". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 59 (5): 429–493. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x. PMC   3483872 . PMID   23020233.